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Division LYGyEINA. 



AROCATUS MELANOSTOMA, Scott. 



Jrocatun mehDioaiomn, Scott, Ann. Mag. Nat Hist., 1874, p. 21. 

 Only two si)ecimeii.s of this species were secured. 



Sublainily L^VRG-IDJE:. 



PHYSOPELTA GUTTA, Burmeister. • 



PliysopcUa (fulta, Buk.meistek, Nova Acta Acad. Leopold, XVI. 18.34, Supp., 

 p. oOO, pi. XLI, fig. 10. 



Two exceedingly large specimens of tliis species are present with 

 four smaller varieties. This exceptional growth in size is recognized 

 as a well-established fact in many other insects of Japan. 



Family TIN^GID.E. 



GALEATUS PECKHAMI, Ashmead. 

 SphcETocijsta peckhumi, Ashmkad, Ent. Anier , III, p. 156. 



Four specimens were secured. I can iind no structural differences 

 to separate these from the veritable type as it occurs in lower Canada. 



TINGIS PYRIOIDES, Scott. 

 Tingis pyrioidcs, Scott, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1874, \\. 440. 



Four specimens are in the collection. This form belongs to the sub- 

 genus Stephanitis as established for European species by Dr. Stal. 



CANTACADER LETHIERRYI, Scot't. 

 Cantacader Jeihierryi. Scott., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1874, p. 443. 



Four specimens were secured. It belongs to the well- distinguished 

 division of the genus as recognized by Dr. Stal and later entomologists. 



Genus PHYLLONTOCHILA. 

 PHYLLONTOCHILA DEBILE, new species. 



Pale testaceous, marked with chestnut-brown, somewhat similar in 

 form to Monanthia dentata, Fieber. Head narrow, pale chestnut-brown, 

 pale each side, and with a short, pale, carinate process in front, supe- 

 riorly; antennic long and slender, with the apical joint fuscous; clypeus 

 blackish-piceous, eyes brown. Pronotum wider than long, narrower 

 than the base of hemelytra, opaque, with indistinct and small meshes; 

 the hood wedge-shaped, narrow, directed straight forward to about the 

 front of head; lateral wings nearly half as wide as the dorsal convex- 

 ity, anteriorly produced, tapering forward, not quite as far as the hood, 

 traversed by about four series of meshes ; dorsal surface pale brownish, 

 with small obscure meshes, and a pale middle-cariuate line, which is 



